Sunday, May 9, 2010
Some Spanish airports opened and Italy closes the north
North of Italy is closed to air traffic today until, minimum, 2pm due the ashes cloud from Eyjafjalla volcano. Only Venecia, Trieste and Rimini keep opened.
4pm AENA update: The evolution of the volcanic ash cloud forces to close the airports of Asturias, Santander, Bilbao, Salamanca, Valladolid, Leon and Burgos starting at 4:00pm today. The airports of Santiago, A Coruña and Vigo reopen at 5:00pm. The rest of the AENA airports operates normally.
Airports in the Milan area are unavailable due to airspace closures until midday, and Pisa and Florence airports are also closed. During the day, it is expected that the area affected by the ash cloud will shrink and most of the airports that are currently closed are expected to open later.
Most Spanish airports are opened but A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Vigo and Salamanca remain closed.
4pm AENA update: The evolution of the volcanic ash cloud forces to close the airports of Asturias, Santander, Bilbao, Salamanca, Valladolid, Leon and Burgos starting at 4:00pm today. The airports of Santiago, A Coruña and Vigo reopen at 5:00pm. The rest of the AENA airports operates normally.
More updated info: http://twitter.com/eurocontrol
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Barcelona's airport closes at 3.30pm today
Update at 8.45pm: Barcelona's airport will remain closed til midnight. Lleida and Girona keep closed as well, only Reus is opened.
Check your flight cancellations: 902 404 704 or www.aena.es
Check your flight cancellations: 902 404 704 or www.aena.es
Spain closes 15 airports due to volcanic ash
Fifteen airports in northern Spain are closed today because of the ash cloud from an Icelandic volcano, Spain's airport and air traffic authority Aena announced.
"The movement of the volcanic ash cloud coming from Iceland has forced us to close starting at noon the airports in Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Saragossa, Pamplona and La Rioja," Aena said in a statement.
Nine other airports in northern Spain which were already shut down due to the volcanic ash.
The airports will remain closed until at least 6 pm (1600 GMT) Saturday, Aena said.
The cloud is moving towards Catalonia now and if nothing changes, Barcelona, Girona, Reus and Sabadell airport will close by 2pm today.
More info of the flights: www.aena.es
"The movement of the volcanic ash cloud coming from Iceland has forced us to close starting at noon the airports in Bilbao, San Sebastian, Vitoria, Saragossa, Pamplona and La Rioja," Aena said in a statement.
Nine other airports in northern Spain which were already shut down due to the volcanic ash.
The airports will remain closed until at least 6 pm (1600 GMT) Saturday, Aena said.
The cloud is moving towards Catalonia now and if nothing changes, Barcelona, Girona, Reus and Sabadell airport will close by 2pm today.
More info of the flights: www.aena.es
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Ireland to reopen airports, fears ash cloud return
According with a Irish Aviation Authority communication, they would allow flights to resume from all Irish airports from 1200 GMT today but volcanic ash could bring more disruptions later in the week and periodically throughout the summer.
The IAA had closed airports from 0600 GMT until 1200 GMT due to risk of ash ingestion in aircraft engines, although overflights of Ireland from Britain and continental Europe had not been banned.
The IAA had closed airports from 0600 GMT until 1200 GMT due to risk of ash ingestion in aircraft engines, although overflights of Ireland from Britain and continental Europe had not been banned.
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